Women's Soccer

NAC women’s soccer poll picks Aurora to repeat

Waukesha

Aurora received
10 of 13 first place votes for the top spot in the Northern
Athletics Conference preseason women's soccer poll, the conference
announced Friday. The poll was voted on by the 13 head women's
soccer coaches in the conference.

The Spartans (16-6, 10-1 NAC) have won four-straight NAC titles
and three of the four tournament championships, losing only three
games versus NAC opponents during that span. They return NAC
Defensive Player of the Year Cait Hartman and NAC Freshman of the
Year Britney Schenck this season.

Spots 1-8 in the poll match the final standings from a
year ago.Dominican (10-9, 9-2) was second in the poll
and received a first place vote. Concordia Wisconsin (12-6-2,
8-1-2) was picked third and Edgewood (12-5-2, 8-2-1) was fourth
with the remaining two first place votes. MSOE (10-8-3, 7-3-1) was
fifth, Marian (11-7-1, 6-5) sixth, Benedictine (6-10,5-6) seventh and Concordia Chicago (8-11, 4-7)
eighth.

Teams open up the season with nonconference play next week, and
the conference season begins on Saturday, Sept. 11.

The 2010 NAC
Tournament, which features the top six teams, begins Sunday, Oct.
31, with the two opening rounds games, followed by the semifinals
on Wednesday, Nov. 3, and the final on Saturday, Nov. 6. Each
tournament game is hosted by the higher seed of the two teams. The
NAC tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid to
the NCAA III Championship, which beings the following week.